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• And I think there's probably a way to bridge this gap, right?
• investments prudently, be federally guaranteed for about 80%, and then use those investments to do critical bridge
• 00:36:01.320><c> um</c> investments to uh do critical um investments to uh do critical um uh uh uh bridge
• <c> to</c><00:36:04.000><c> housing</c><00:36:04.320><c> developments</c><00:36:04.880><c> in</c> bridge
• loans to housing developments in bridge loans to housing developments in communities<00:36:06.000><c

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• happening in all of our districts, whether it's our schools or our local police departments or roads and bridges
• </c><00:18:44.760><c> or</c><00:18:45.000><c> roads</c><00:18:45.240><c> and</c><00:18:45.360><c> bridges
• </c> police departments or roads and bridges police departments or roads and bridges and<00:18:45.800
• those dollars to different parts of the state budget, whether it be schools, whether it be roads and bridges

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And in a process where saying no can potentially burn bridges or saying no can potentially harm relationships
• or... ...potentially burn bridges or saying no can potentially harm relationships, or saying no can
• This amendment will provide bridge funding from now until June 30th to ensure the individuals under 400%
• This amendment will provide bridge funding from now until June 30th to ensure the individuals under 400%
• voice, if that bipartisan group of senators wouldn't have immediately prioritized this emergency bridge

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opening prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, page introductions, and recognition of guests, including a state champion Crossroads Academy basketball team and a student intern. The chamber then took up executive appointment reports from the Ethics and Elections Committee and related committees, which covered a large slate of gubernatorial appointees to state boards and commissions. Senators were given the opportunity to separate nominees for individual votes, and several members spoke in support of or opposition to specific appointees based on qualifications, ideology, and prior public service. The first major confirmation vote covered most of the 186 appointments on the report, with debate centered on three nominees highlighted by Senator Polsky: Ilya Shapiro, Thomas Zachary Smith, and Dr. John Lattell. The report was adopted 31-0 after those objections, and Jeffrey Aaron was then considered separately for the Public Employee Relations Commission. Senators Smith and Polsky opposed Aaron’s confirmation, citing his role as legal counsel to the Hope Florida Foundation and alleged involvement in the transfer of Medicaid settlement funds to political entities; Chair Gates defended Aaron as a lawyer representing a client and noted no disciplinary or law-enforcement action against him. Aaron was confirmed 26-10. The Senate next confirmed Chavon Harris as Secretary of the Agency for Health Care Administration after debate focused on her prior leadership at the Department of Children and Families, Medicaid redeterminations, postpartum coverage issues, Hope Florida-related concerns, and a women’s shelter inspection dispute. Supporters emphasized her work stabilizing Medicaid funding and her responsiveness to agency problems, while opponents argued she had overseen serious failures and lacked suitability. The confirmation passed 32-5. Taylor Hatch was then confirmed as Secretary of the Department of Children and Families after committee members noted serious operational concerns at DCF, including SNAP/EBT compliance, child welfare practices, forensic audit issues, and questions about Hope Florida, but also cited her commitment to child welfare and willingness to address problems; the vote was 33-4. After the confirmations, the Senate recessed and later returned for a lengthy tribute to outgoing Senate President Kathleen Pasadomo. Senators from both parties offered personal remarks praising her leadership, diligence, toughness in committee, mentorship, and resilience after personal loss, while also joking about her reputation as a strict rules chair and “bill killer.” The session concluded with the recognition of her service and presentation of a handmade keepsake box filled with letters and mementos from staff and colleagues.

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• And in a process where saying no can potentially burn bridges or saying no can potentially harm relationships
• or... ...potentially burn bridges or saying no can potentially harm relationships or saying no can lead
• This amendment will provide bridge funding from now until June 30th to ensure the individuals under 400%
• This amendment will provide bridge funding from now until June 30th to ensure the individuals under 400%
• voice, if that bipartisan group of senators wouldn't have immediately prioritized this emergency bridge

Keywords: 998, house, all

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• consistent triaging using solidified school teams to identify needs and monthly county meetings to bridge
• Their next step is ensuring the long-term sustainability of this role and continuing to bridge the gaps
• 00:45:38.480><c> and</c><00:45:38.720><c> continuing</c><00:45:39.200><c> to</c><00:45:39.359><c> bridge
• </c><00:45:39.599><c> the</c> this role and continuing to bridge the this role and continuing to bridge

Keywords: 1183, house

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• How many years is it before we can name a bridge or a mountain or something?
• And he has tried to get a bridge and a highway named after two years.
• get two years um after two years to get get two years um after two years to get a<01:02:39.839><c> bridge
• </c><01:02:42.559><c> Um</c> a bridge and a and a highway named.
• Um a bridge and a and a highway named.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and then moved into a work session on its remaining bills. The main discussion centered on House Bill 477, which would establish a commission to study safety and security procedures at the New Hampshire State House. Members debated whether a new commission was needed, with several speakers arguing that security is already being reviewed through the bipartisan Joint Facilities Committee and existing security staff, including an outside consultant’s review. Others raised concerns that members do not always know how to report safety or behavioral issues and suggested better communication to the full membership about who to contact and what information can be shared. The House clerk then explained the structure and authority of the Joint Facilities Committee under RSA 17-E, noting that it is a bipartisan legislative committee made up only of elected officials, with publicly listed members, defined duties, and the ability to meet in nonpublic session on sensitive matters such as security. The clerk said members can bring concerns to the committee, its chair, or their caucus leadership, and that some safety briefings are already given to all members when appropriate. Several members said they preferred keeping security matters limited to a need-to-know basis and opposed creating a new commission that could force public discussion of sensitive procedures. The committee then voted on HB 477. Representative Sheen moved ITL, Representative Turkot seconded, and the motion passed 12-0, with Representative Wall voting no. The bill was sent to consent. After that, the committee began discussion of House Bill 314, which would prohibit the use of federal, state, or local funds for lobbying activities, but the transcript cuts off before any action on that bill.

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• So please, this is a bridge too far. Vote no on AB 727.
• So please, this is a bridge too far. Vote no on AB 727. Thank you, Assembly Member DeMaio.
• But it’s more than a policy; it’s a pathway, it’s a bridge, it’s a chance to breathe new life into our
• But it's more than a policy, it's a pathway, it's a bridge, it's a chance to breathe new life into our
• It's a bridge.

Summary: The Assembly met after a quorum call and first dealt with a procedural dispute over four amendments to AB 1240. The Speaker ruled the amendments out of order as not germane, and the Assembly sustained that ruling on a 49-16 vote. Members then added co-authors to several consent-calendar resolutions, including measures on the National Conference of State Legislators, Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, ALS Awareness Month, and Men’s Mental Health Month, before adopting the consent calendar. The chamber also heard guest introductions, including a welcome for Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee, and took up a motion to bring AB 41 up out of file, which failed 19-48. The bulk of the meeting was floor action on a long series of bills and resolutions, many of which passed with broad bipartisan support. Measures approved included ACR 40 supporting immigrant students and FAFSA privacy; AB 917 on permanent status for certain school employees; AB 985 on anesthesia access; AB 7 and AB 42 on higher education and student services; AB 245 providing property tax relief for wildfire victims; AB 255 allowing funding for drug-free recovery housing; AB 279 updating K-12 library standards; AB 289 creating a pilot for automated speed enforcement in highway construction zones; AB 291 on an educator apprentice program; AB 327 addressing swatting; AB 340 on confidential union communications; AB 341 creating an oral health technical assistance center for people with disabilities; AB 356 on San Diego health care infrastructure; AB 410 on bot disclosure; AB 476 on copper theft enforcement; AB 477 on educator pay targets; AB 485 on stolen wages and business licensing; AB 487, the insurance committee’s technical omnibus bill; AB 573 on tobacco retail license fees; AB 598 on school mapping technology; AB 635 on mobile home law enforcement referrals; AB 651 on remote participation for incarcerated parents in dependency hearings; AB 654 on homelessness hotline assistance in Los Angeles County; AB 662 creating a South County higher education task force; AB 667 on language access in professional licensing; AB 669 limiting early denial of addiction treatment; AB 670 on naturally occurring affordable housing; AB 695 on online continuation of community college for deported students; AB 723 on disclosure for digitally altered real estate images; AB 727 placing Trevor Project information on student IDs; and AB 736, a $10 billion affordable housing bond for the June 2026 ballot, which passed on a 61-11 urgency vote after extensive debate. Debate on AB 736 was the most extensive of the day, with supporters arguing the bond would help address California’s housing crisis and give voters a chance to weigh in, while opponents criticized the state’s bond debt and past spending results. The Assembly then recessed for caucus meetings and later returned to continue the daily file, where additional measures were taken up, including AB 798 adding diapers and wipes to the emergency food bank reserve program, which passed 56-0, and AB 821 on career technical education, which was presented as bipartisan-supported as the transcript continued.

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• This really does help bridge the gap between our traditional military members, which make up a cyber
• This really does help bridge the gap between our traditional military members, which make up a cyber
• Um this really does help take<00:21:49.520><c> and</c><00:21:49.840><c> bridge</c><00:21:50.159><c> the
• </c><00:21:50.480><c> gap</c><00:21:51.039><c> between</c><00:21:52.000><c> our</c> take and bridge the
• gap between our take and bridge the gap between our traditional<00:21:52.799><c> military</c><00:21:

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• that if you have a corn crop followed by rye or something like that, you can end up carrying a green bridge
• He said the grant program expands the umbrella of state support to help businesses bridge the gap from
• > umbrella of State support to help umbrella of State support to help businesses<01:04:06.680><c> bridge
• the</c><01:04:07.200><c> gap</c><01:04:07.480><c> from</c><01:04:07.760><c> research</c> businesses bridge
• the gap from research businesses bridge the gap from research to<01:04:08.960><c> impact</c><01:04:09.960

Bills: HF363, HF2155, HF1524, HF821, HF1677, HF1292

Keywords: HF363, property tax credit, agricultural water quality credit, Minnesota agricultural water quality certification program, clean water fund, class 2a, class 2b, certified acres, conservation incentive, water quality, agricultural property, county assessor, county auditor, Department of Revenue, Department of Agriculture, property tax reimbursement, school district reimbursement, legacy finance, taxes committee, southeastern Minnesota

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• several key infrastructure projects are under way to support housing, including improvements to roads, bridges
• Most of the funding would go to actual roadway improvements, including, like, a bridge that's needed
• roadway improvements including like<01:29:05.159><c> uh</c><01:29:05.320><c> a</c><01:29:05.480><c> bridge
• that's</c><01:29:06.080><c> needed</c><01:29:06.639><c> uh</c><01:29:06.719><c> to</c> like uh a bridge
• that's needed uh to like uh a bridge that's needed uh to cross<01:29:07.119><c> the</c><01:29:07.280

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• Trauma recovery centers and bridge funding, support for public defenders, CBO programming within the

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• So this simply trues that up to where the temporary rules would bridge that gap until the pending rule

Summary: The committee first heard a resolution supporting the Idaho Caregiving Alliance’s work on a statewide strategic plan for kinship care and caregiving resources. The sponsor described kinship care as placement with relatives, tribe members, stepparents, or fictive kin, emphasized the benefits to children and the state, and cited data on grandfamilies and children raised by kin. In response to questions, the sponsor said the effort was based on existing grant funding and was not seeking new public money. The committee then voted to send the resolution to print. Members next considered several RSs. RS 33536 would set dispensing fees and reimbursement rates for independent pharmacies and strengthen transparency rules for pharmacy benefit managers; it was sent to print after the sponsor said the Insurance Director had been consulted. RS 33535 would move the presidential primary to the first Tuesday after the first Monday in May, and RS 33511 would codify Public Utilities Commission rules on large-load customers such as data centers to prevent infrastructure costs from being broadly socialized; both were introduced. RS 33589 would extend temporary rules until pending rules become final on July 1, and RS 33586 would exempt churches from certain ballot-initiative reporting requirements if spending stayed under 10% of prior-year receipts; both were also introduced. The committee also heard RS 33599, a concurrent resolution urging support for wildlife crossings to improve public safety and protect migration corridors, and it was sent to print. Finally, House Bill 652, which would declare an official state sport, was presented by a fourth-grade homeschool student who advocated for hunting based on Idaho history, conservation, and outdoor traditions. Committee members praised her presentation and her family, and the bill was advanced with a do-pass recommendation. The meeting then adjourned.

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• So this simply trues that up to where the temporary rules would bridge that gap until the pending rule

Keywords: 989, all

Summary: The Senate State Affairs Committee opened by announcing that S.J.M. 114 would not be considered. The committee then heard and advanced RS 33603, a resolution from Senator Wintrow supporting the Idaho Caregiving Alliance’s efforts to develop a statewide strategic plan for kinship caregivers and other caregivers; members asked whether it would involve public money, and Wintrow said it would not beyond existing grant funds. RS 33536, from Senator Blaylock, would regulate pharmacy benefit managers by setting dispensing fees and reimbursement rates for independent pharmacies and strengthening transparency rules; it was introduced after discussion that the Insurance Director had been consulted. RS 33535, from Senator Guthrie, would move Idaho’s presidential primary to the first Tuesday after the first Monday in May and align it with other races, with supporters saying it would improve turnout and avoid caucuses. RS 33511, also from Guthrie, would codify existing Public Utilities Commission rules for large load customers such as data centers so infrastructure costs are not broadly socialized. RS 33589 would extend temporary rules until pending rules become final on July 1, and RS 33586, from Senator Shippy, would exempt churches from certain ballot-initiative donor reporting requirements if spending stays under 10% of prior-year receipts; all were moved to print. The committee also advanced RS 33599, from Senator Bernt, a concurrent resolution urging support for wildlife crossings to improve public safety and big game migration corridors. Members briefly joked about animals being trained to use the crossings, but the resolution was still sent to print. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 652, which would designate hunting as Idaho’s official state sport. The bill was presented by fourth-grade homeschool student Betty Grandy, who explained her research, community poll, and reasons for choosing hunting as a reflection of Idaho history and outdoor traditions. Committee members praised her presentation and family, and HB 652 was sent to the Senate floor with a do-pass recommendation. The meeting then adjourned.

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• . >> Representative Bridges, yes. >> Representative Chester-Burton, I'm pass. >> Representative Dossett

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00 SB 172 Discussion 00:10 SB 172 Roll Call Vote 06:52, 958, all

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• How do we bridge that gap? Thank you for the question.

Summary: The Public Safety Committee met and heard several House bills, most of them receiving due pass recommendations. Representative Banning presented HB 2979, which would allow the Oklahoma Department of Transportation to reduce speed limits on four-lane highways near school zones when the center line is within 150 yards of a school zone; it passed unanimously. He also presented HB 2980, which lets DMV staff accept a physical insurance card during a short window after coverage is purchased instead of waiting for emailed/faxed verification, while still checking the insurance database; it passed 7-0 after questions about fraud prevention and the role of DMV discretion. Representative Dempsey presented HB 3662, reducing the enforcement radius around fixed weigh stations from seven highway miles to five, arguing it would keep enforcement focused on the scales and not rural roads; it passed 5-2. Representative Ford’s HB 4105 was laid over, while HB 4107 passed unanimously and would make it a crime to hack outdoor warning sirens or their PA systems. Representative Kelly’s HB 382 passed unanimously to bar firefighters on the sex offender registry from employment, and HB 383 passed unanimously to make county burn bans easier to declare using National Weather Service red flag warnings. Representative Kerr’s HB 2997 passed to adjust fines for used motor vehicle dealers and increase FTEs in self-regulated divisions. Representative Kelly also presented HB 355, requiring CLEET directors to be CLEET-certified officers; it passed unanimously after discussion about director pay. Finally, HB 2159, a DOC request bill to add omitted prisons back into a prior transportation-related statute, also passed unanimously. The committee then adjourned after completing its business.

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• WE EVEN REBUILT A BRIDGE THAT HAD BEEN DESTROYED IN JUST A MATTER OF THREE DAYS. .

Keywords: 998, house, all

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• Roads, bridges, saving lives are incredibly important. Making sure we have clean drinking water.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• My dad negotiating with the east side of Seattle over how to extend the light rail east across the bridge

Summary: The Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee heard SB 53 by Senator Wiener after the bill was substantially amended on the floor and referred back under Assembly Rule 77.2. The author explained that the bill, focused on AI safety and frontier models, now applies its main requirements to models trained above 10^26 FLOPs, includes broader whistleblower protections, sets different disclosure obligations based on company revenue, removes Attorney General rulemaking authority in favor of an annual Department of Technology report, and keeps a $1 million-per-violation penalty. He also highlighted CalCompute, a proposed public cloud intended to expand access to compute and support innovation. Supporters, including Encode AI and Economic Security California Action, argued the bill would hold AI developers accountable to their public safety commitments, improve transparency, protect whistleblowers, and help democratize access to AI infrastructure. They said the measure reflects extensive negotiation with the administration and stakeholders and aligns with recommendations from the governor’s frontier-model working group. Opponents, including CalChamber, TechNet, CCIA, and Chamber of Progress, remained opposed unless amended, saying they appreciated the author’s work but still had concerns outlined in their letters. Committee members questioned whether the bill could stifle innovation, how it would address worst-case AI harms, and whether it could reach actors outside California. The author responded that the bill is intended as a light-touch transparency measure, that it applies to entities doing business in California, and that California can still lead in the absence of federal action. Members also emphasized the importance of whistleblower protections and CalCompute. The committee voted 12-1 to pass the bill, with DeMaio voting no and Patterson not voting, and the bill was sent back to the floor.

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• Wheeler completely stops the traffic when you're going downhill on a section of bridge over a thousand

Bills: HB483, HB3345, HB3643, HB3821, HB3849, HB4472, HB4523, HB4524, HB5346, HB5347, HB5376

Keywords: high-speed rail, Texas Department of Transportation, TxDOT, public-private partnership, comprehensive development agreement, CDA, Interstate 35, I-35 corridor, Dallas, Waco, Austin, San Antonio, intercity passenger rail, rail infrastructure, private entity, transportation infrastructure, rail corridor, passenger rail, infrastructure finance, vehicle registration

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• folks wish to express support good morning Dax Proctor on behalf of the proud AB 622 co-sponsor group bridges

Keywords: 988, house, all